Jeremy Hicks, the co-creator of the Cycle of Ages Saga, will return to Viking Hall in Bristol, Tennessee this weekend for Rob-Con 2017. He will be there to showcase the release of Cycle of Ages Saga: Delve Deep, the mind-blowing third installment in the series and his first novel as a solo writer.

Come to our table on the stage if you’d like a signed copy of Delve Deep or any of our novels or anthologies. We’ll also have a few selections from other authors available. Most paperbacks will be 2 for $20 all weekend, but you can buy the extant Cycle of Ages Saga novels at a discount (3 novels for $33).

If you take advantage of the three-volume Cycle of Ages Saga deal, you will also receive a FREE first-edition hardcover copy of Finders Keepers (while supplies last). Act quickly because the remaining first editions are extremely limited.

There will be other promotional items available on a first-come-first-serve basis.

In addition to Broke Guys Productions, 100 other authors, artists, actors, vendors, and others will have booths and tables filling the convention hall. Plus, if you’re a fan of Timothy Zahn, he is the Literary Guest of Honor this year, so bring or buy a book for him to sign.

You can be a part of it all. Just click the Rob-Con logo for more details.

Can’t wait for the paperback version? Head on over to Amazon where you can preorder the Kindle version of Cycle of Ages Saga: Delve Deep for only $3.99! The third novel in our saga will be auto-delivered to your device or email on June 29, 2017.

Kaladimus Dor, Yax’Kaqix, and the rest of Finders Keepers return this summer in the epic third novel in the Cycle of Ages Saga. Delve Deep picks up in the months following the events at the end of Sands of Sorrow, and takes the characters on an exciting trek from Fraustmauth through a Free Dwarf city, a subterranean port located in Faltyr’s Underworld, on their way to restore hope to a world torn by war and strife.

Amazon Kindle versions of Cycle of Ages Saga: Delve Deep should be ready for pre-sale by 6/14/2017. Paperback and e-book release should follow within a matter of weeks, depending on our final edits and approvals through Createspace.

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